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Battle of Hastings
Hastings, battle of, 1066. Fought on 14 October at what is now Battle (Sussex), where William the Conqueror ordered the construction of an abbey to commemorate his decisive victory over King Harold Godwineson. Much is obscure about the course of the battle, although several crucial features can... Read more |
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Bobby Knight
Bobby Knight 1940- American college basketball coach Pete Axthelm of Newsweek has called Bobby Knight a "boiling blend of brilliance and loyalty, fanaticism and temper." And in fact, there isn't a college coach who can incite more debate and who can get the blood of fans boiling more (both... Read more |
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telephone
telephone device for communicating sound, especially speech, usually by means of wires in an electric circuit. The telephones now in general use evolved from the device invented by Alexander Graham Bell and patented by him in 1876 and 1877. Although Bell is recognized as the inventor, his... Read more |
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George Starkey
STARKEY, GEORGE(b. Bermuda, 1628; d. London, England, 1665), medicine, alchemy. For the original article on Starkey see DSB, vol. 12.The original DSB entry on George Starkey suggested that he was the “probable author” of the highly popular alchemical treatises ascribed to Eirenaeus Philalethes. This... Read more |
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Outsourcing
Outsourcing Outsourcing is the movement of a function inside a company to an entity outside it. Before the word came into widespread use, people talked about "farming" or "contracting" things out. The corresponding opposite to outsourcing is to "bring it in-house." When something is brought... Read more |
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Mary Coyle Chase
Chase, Mary Coyle (1907–81), Colorado playwright, whose fantastic comedy about an inebriate whose companion is a huge, imaginary rabbit, Harvey (1944), won a Pulitzer Prize. Other plays include Now You've Done It (1937), The Next Half Hour (1945), Bernardine (1952), Mrs. McThing (1952),... Read more |
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Oenothera
Oenothera (evening primrose; family Onagraceae) A genus of flowering plants that have spirally arranged leaves and 4-petalled, large, usually yellow to orange flowers in a leafy spike. The seeds, unlike those of some other genera in the family, are not plumed. The unusual chromosome morphology and... Read more |
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chimpanzee
chimpanzee an ape , genus Pan, of the equatorial forests of central and W Africa. The common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, lives N of the Congo River. Full-grown animals of this species are up to 5 ft (1.5 m) tall and weigh about 150 lb (68 kg); they have an arm spread of up to 9 ft (2.7 m)... Read more |
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Hammurabi
Hammurabi , fl. 1792-1750 BC, king of Babylonia . He founded an empire that was eventually destroyed by raids from Asia Minor. Hammurabi may have begun building the tower of Babel (Gen. 11.4), which can now be identified with the temple-tower in Babylon called Etemenanki. His code of laws is one of... Read more |
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here
...at/in this location. 2. I am here now synonyms: present, in attendance, attending...4. here is your opportunity synonyms: now, at this moment, at this point, at this...phrase: here and there 1. clumps of crabgrass here and there synonyms: in various places... |
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GARDENING; Crabgrass: an annual weed, but a perennial problem.(HOME & GARDEN)
...begin the yearly battle with crabgrass, even though it will be weeks before crabgrass sprouts and months before...dandelions or quackgrass, crabgrass is an annual weed. This...prefer to plant grass seed now, look for a pre-emergence... |
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So Wet and Weedy; Crabgrass and Spurge Sprint Ahead
...or two. That was in April; now the needle is off the gauge...lawn has become a meadow of crabgrass, the flower beds are stands...smothered in bindweed, which is now blooming and will make more...plants, not the great clumps now evident. Lawn services are... |
 "The Blade (Toledo, OH)")
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The Blade, Toledo, Ohio, Kelly Heidbreder column: Winning the annual battle...
...awake and needs attention. It may look a bit brown now, but once you rake the crumbles of leaves off the...plants that are raring to go -- even weeds like crabgrass. Crabgrass Crabgrass grows out, not up. It is usually easy to spot if... |
 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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FOR CRABGRASS, SKIP THE CORN GLUTEN.(CNY)(Column)
...by step, and I'm hoping to get rid of crabgrass without using my trusty herbicides, and...the commercials that will start any day now that crabgrass is a threat to life as we know it. Crabgrass is just a weed and an understanding of... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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FORSYTHIA BLOOMS ARE A TIP-OFF ON CRABGRASS PREVENTION.(HOME)
...not so nice is on its way - crabgrass. Anyone who has dealt with a crabgrass infestation knows it can take...t difficult to deal with crabgrass, but it has to be dealt with...And forsythia is in bloom now. If you aren't into plant... |
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TOWN AND COUNTRY; NOW IS TIME TO APPLY CRABGRASS CONTROL
Crabgrass is a summer annual weed...month period. Besides crabgrass, there are a number of annual...and annual bluegrass.The crabgrasses (Digitaria sp. ) are the...smooth and hairy types of crabgrass are classified as summer...applications can be made between now and April 1. If your problem... |
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DIGGING IN; Leaving Crabgrass No Room to Grow
...Q: My lawn was overrun with crabgrass last year, and I want to prevent...my garden is beautiful right now, this joy turns to disappoint...bedding annuals. Seeds sown now won't produce large enough...annuals that can be planted now that have the ability to grow... |
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HERBICIDES WEED OUT CRABGRASS.(Home Front)
...next year, and on and on. Crabgrass is the main culprit. It...week of April through May. Crabgrass germination is dependent on...a thick, healthy sod. If crabgrass is such a tough grass, what...the material in place around now is about right for the Denver... |
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CRABGRASS, QUACKGRASS ARE DIFFERENT STORIES.(CNY)(Column)
...manually get rid of quack/crabgrass. I forget which is the right...pieces showing. Do I try again now, or wait until spring? - D.P., Syracuse Dear D.P.: Crabgrass is an annual weed that grows...So the key to controlling crabgrass is to cover all bare soil with... |
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Look out here comes crabgrass
Soon, crabgrass will be on the rise, so...lawn, a heavy growth of crabgrass can yield between 50,000...bet that if your lawn had crabgrass last year, it's sure to...herbicide, it should be applied now. Unusual garden additions... |
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